SHE suffered in silence for three years, repeatedly raped and
molested by her older brother, and when the teenager finally
confronted him, he beat her.
The then 14-year-old later ran away from home, but it was 1 1/2
years later that she finally reported him to the authorities.
On Friday, in a rare case of rape involving siblings, the
21-year-old brother, a national serviceman before his arrest, was
jailed for 13 years and ordered to be caned 15 strokes for the
sexual offences. He was also fined $1,800 and banned from driving
for a year for unrelated traffic offences.
They cannot be named to protect the identity of the girl, now
16.
In sentencing, High Court judge Woo Bih Li told the young man:
'You should be taking care of your younger sister and protecting
her. Instead, you took advantage of her... You even punched her
face and head instead of feeling shame and remorse.'
However, Justice Woo said he took into account the brother's
young age at the time.
--ST
